Featured Trailer: MALAMANDER by Thomas Taylor
This featured book trailer is sponsored by Malamander by Thomas Taylor and illustrated by Tom Booth. Available from Walker Books U.S. It’s winter in the town of...
Teen Authors Want to Create a K-12 Racial Literacy Curriculum: Critical Linking, September 12, 2019
Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, sponsored by Flatiron Books. “The attention the textbook garnered led...
Complicating Our Narratives About Addiction and Illness: The Millions Interviews Amy Long
I first met Amy Long through a writers’ networking group where she often answered questions with extreme thoughtfulness and generosity. We became friends, and Long was...
David Berman of Silver Jews Remembered
“All my favorite singers couldn’t sing,” David Berman crooned. Berman—along with other indie greats also gone too young: the sublime, alcoholic Jason Molina of the Magnolia...
Undine Spragg: Edith Wharton’s Best Antiheroine
Few classic and contemporary author pairings seem as apt as Edith Wharton and Jia Tolentino. Thanks to Modern Library, the two are finally together in a...
Three Must-Read Novels About Artists
This summer, I published The Blue Period, a novel that follows a young Pablo Picasso from humble beginnings in Spain to turn-of-the-century forays in Paris, where...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 11th, 2019
Sponsored by What They Meant for Evil by Rebecca Deng, published by FaithWords, an imprint of Hachette Book Group These deals were active as of this...
Want to Be a High-Earning Freelance Writer? 5 Skills You Need to Make it Happen
If you’ve ever read any advice on how to get to a higher income level with your freelance writing business, you’ll notice that it all sounds...
Schrödinger’s Cat, But for Marriage
“Can a Cat”by Olivia Parkes My husband and I were talking about whether cats could, in fact, survive falling from great heights, or if this was...
“Bunny” Shows MFA Programs for the Dark Horror They Truly Are
If you’ve ever entertained dark fantasies about what really goes on at exclusive MFA programs, Bunny will fulfill your wildest dreams. If you’ve attended an MFA...
